This is an extract from an interview with ‘Lewis Smith’, who states that he was a resident of Brockhall Hospital from 1942 to 1988. It is cited on page 27 by Liam Concannon in his 2005 book called – ‘Planning for life. Involving adults with learning disabilities in service planning”. Published by Routledge.

Includes an interview, and a handful of portrait photos of Herbert Carter, who spend time as a resident at Calderstones.
He was born in around 1938 and went to Calderstones, aged ten in 1948. According to Herbert, he was sent to the institution from a magistrates’ court in Manchester. This was after a series of minor ...

Includes oral history interviews with SMG, who was a resident at Brockhall. Born in 1958, he went into Brockhall as a 4 year old in 1962, leaving later in the 1960s. After spending time at White Ash School, (Oswaldtwistle) Hargreaves House Children’s Home (Oswaldtwistle), Dame Evelyn Fox School (Blackburn) and finally Eden Grove School (Cumbria) he ...

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